Street Anatomy

Live Beyond the Groove

And Vinyly, a UK based company, has made it possible to press ashes into vinyl to “keep that record spinning for eternity.” The decision to R.I.V. (rest in vinyl) includes such options as choosing ones own tracks or leaving your own minimalist mark by allowing the natural ‘cracks’ and ‘pops’, having a cover with name, d.o.b and d.o.d., or having a custom painting of your face done in acrylic mixed with, of course…your own ash.

For the full list of options and price ranges head to And Vinyly’s website.

Now it’s time to start planning the soundtrack to your life.
Track one in this girls raveyard.. Tom Petty’s ‘Zombie Zoo’.

Screenprinted in Blood

You read that correctly. The Swedish metal band Watain hired designer Metastazis in collaboration with Zbigniew M. Bielak to design the above poster.  Metastazis, a firm “dedicated to the most scandalous yet refined forms of expression”, did so using human blood. According to the design firm’s founder, Valnoir, a total of 111 posters were made and were sold at a London show on June 5 for 20 euros each.

That is a lot of blood.

You can see more pictures of the process on the Metastazis blog.

[via Print]

Anatomical Rock

I don’t believe we’ve ever featured an anatomically themed guitar here on Street Anatomy before.  A viewer recently submitted these photos of a guitar he decoupaged with historical anatomical images from the awesome repository of images that is Historical Anatomies.  ‘Decoupaged’ is such a great word.

Historical Anatomies, put together by the NIH, has hundreds of historical anatomical images that are great for making collages or adding that accent of anatomy in any project.  Dream Anatomy is another site with a wonderful collection that actually takes you through a timeline of the history of anatomical illustration.  In fact, the header image on this blog contains an illustration from the collection.

[Submitted by Royce]

Manly Furniture

A brand new video by Valley Lodge for their song “All of My Loving.”

“It’s the story of a man tormented by his apartment furniture. Kind of like a naked Ethan Allen shoving his bait & tackle in your face all day long when all you really want is a hot girl in cute panties.”

Indeed.

[spotted by Yenny]

Anatomy of Music – Dead Man’s Bones

Dead Man’s Bones is a Los Angeles based band fronted by Ryan Gosling (yes, that Ryan Gosling) and Zach Shields. They list “disney haunted mansion, doo wop and 60s girl groups” as their influences and categorize themselves as “Gothic, Gospel, and Showtunes,” all true considering they sound like Bauhaus meets Edward Gorey in church.

With songs like “My Body’s a Zombie for You,” “Dead Hearts,” and “Flowers Grow Out of My Grave” and a back-up choir dressed as ghosts and ghouls I think one could easily write them off as kitschy. And actors tend to get dismissed when they venture into the musical realm, but Dead Man’s Bones is a great band. They are really talented, with fun videos, and apparently put on an amazing show. It’s not just about the music, it’s also about the whole performance. According to Drew Tewksbury of L.A. Weekly, Dead Man’s Bones put on a ” completely magical night of playful phantasmagoria” at Disney’s Haunted Mansion in September 2009.

I for one would love to see them live.